A Christmas Carol
2009 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 135,168 VOTES · DIR. Robert Zemeckis
Overview
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Dialogue Timeline — 718 lines
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00:01:53 Yes.
00:08:58 What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.
00:10:43 But why? Why so cold-hearted, Uncle? Why?
00:12:43 Prisons? Yes, yes, plenty of prisons.
00:17:02 Bugger it!
00:24:54 I wear the chain I forged in life.
00:27:37 You will be haunted by three spirits.
00:33:04 I was bred in this place.
00:36:26 Father is so much kinder than he used to be.
00:39:25 Well done! Well done!
00:43:02 A girl left penniless by the death of her parents?
00:50:53 Spirit, these poor people have no means to cook their food.
00:53:18 - It's cold out there. - Hello, Father. Hello, Timmy.
00:55:30 the children might taste a turkey.
00:57:40 Yes!
00:59:41 Is it a foot or a claw?
01:03:18 I don't mind going... if lunch is provided.
01:10:05 Would have been wasted, only for me.
01:13:28 or this chamber will forever haunt me!
01:17:09 Are these the shadows of things that will be
01:20:41 - What's today, my fine fellow? - Today? Why, Christmas Day.
01:22:32 Hello! Whoop!
01:25:41 I'm... his uncle.
01:27:59 It shall not be repeated. I was making rather merry yesterday.
Cast & Characters
Jim Carrey
Scrooge
Jim Carrey
Ghost of Christmas Past
Jim Carrey
Scrooge as a Young Boy
Gary Oldman
Bob Cratchit
Gary Oldman
Marley
Gary Oldman
Tiny Tim
Colin Firth
Fred
Steve Valentine
Funerary Undertaker
Steve Valentine
Topper
Daryl Sabara
Undertaker's Apprentice
Daryl Sabara
Tattered Caroler
Daryl Sabara
Beggar Boy
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed718
Dialogue density7.6 lines / min
First line00:01:53
Final line01:27:59
Production Record
DirectorRobert Zemeckis
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200,000,000
Revenue$325,286,646
IMDb votes135,168